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24 March 2008

The photographer wrote: "This guy was battling the wind all day!" I love the petals blowing in the wind like hair, and I don't think I really need to say anything about the effect of that brilliant yellow against that celestial cloud-streaked blue, do I?

This little cutie has his little black claws wrapped around that nice, juicy leaf. Isn't he so ferocious with his tiger stripes and his fierce black horns? This is one of my favorites of all the wildlife photographs I've posted so far.

The photographer took this adorable portrait at Miami's Fairchild Gardens.

15 March 2008

I was mesmerized by the golden eye of this snowy egret set against the blue-green background. Look at the luminousness and delicacy of its feathers, and the streaks of paler blue against the slate-colored bill. Taken in Tampa, it's just an awesome capture and has deservedly won all sorts of Flickr awards and honors. Gorgeous.

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06 March 2008

When I was living in Gainesville in the late Eighties, I dated a man who lived in a house much like this one. It might even have been this one. In a town inhabited by a huge transient population of students, many living hand to mouth, the quaint old places survive better than they might do elsewhere. The eerie green light here is perfect.

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19 February 2008

My late husband Don took this photograph during a day trip to western Florida (Taylor County). We just stumbled upon this row of houses out on the Gulf---very quiet, very peaceful, very silent. There was a little park nearby and Don took this photograph. You can see the beautiful blue-green cedar in the background. It's a lovely Florida winter scene.

This photograph has deservedly attracted a great deal of attention at Flickr. Notice how the gold of the trees---a winter color here---is strangely reflected among the green within the river---a beautiful juxtaposition of seasonal color. Or is the gold really the pale green of an early spring? Is it vernal or autumnal? Note that you can see the reflections in the water of a bright blue sky---yet the mist among the trees is an autumn or winter phenomenon. But this is what Ginnie Springs is like in my dreams, where I can have the best of all the seasons. Magic realism, indeed.

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